Reply To: FOCUS FUSION REACTOR

[texaslabrat]

Tulse wrote:

FF might take care of the scale issue (since it *should* be reasonably economical even in relatively small installations)

I think it depends on what you mean by “relatively small” — the analyses others have posted in the forums here suggest that basic labour overhead costs mitigate against very small installations. There really is value in size, although arguably efficiencies of scale in operating and maintenance costs don’t require installations of the size of modern powerplants.

I consider “relatively small” on the order of 50-100MW or so….again, I’m thinking substations, not one on every street corner. Probably overkill in the short term, but as cheap power becomes common expect the consumption to rise to meet the supply 😉